RDCY Global Governance Forum (Summer 2023)

International Symposium and Report Release on

“The Future of Chinese Modernization & Belt and Road Initiative”

In the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, "Chinese Modernization" is one of the most important keywords. Since 2023, there has been an upsurge of discussions across the country celebrating the 10th anniversary of " The Belt and Road Initiative ". The future of high-quality joint construction of "The Belt and Road" is closely related to the process of Chinese modernization. Some Western media, think tanks and politicians are not very optimistic about the future of Chinese modernization and " The Belt and Road Initiative". In this regard, in the first year of implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it is a topic of great practical and international significance to summarize and sort out the experience of "The Belt and Road Initiative" in the past ten years and consolidate the development path of Chinese modernization. Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) will host the Global Governance Forum (summer 2023) with the theme of "Chinese-style modernization and the future of the 'Belt and Road'", inviting political leaders and well-known scholars worldwide to discuss and publish relevant reports. The agenda of the forum is as follows:

Hosts:  

Renmin University of China (RUC)

Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA)

Organizer: Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

Co-organizer: Global Governance Research Center, Renmin University of China (GGRC)

Date: May 19, 2023 (Friday) at 14:00-16:30 in Beijing time

Languages: English, Chinese (simultaneous interpretation)

Agenda

13:30-14:00  Registration

14:00-14:25  Opening Remark

Moderator: Ye Kangtao, Vice President of Renmin University of China

Opening speakers:

- Zhang Donggang, Chairperson of the University Council, Renmin University of China

- Zhang Jiming, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs.(CPIFA)

14:25-14:50  Keynote Speech

Speaker: Adrian Năstase, Former Prime Minister of Romania

14:50-14:55  Tea Break

14:55-15:05  Report Release

Moderator: Wang Wen, Executive Dean of RDCY; Vice President of Silk Road School

Research Report: “Refuting the “Peak China” Theory: Reflections on the Future of China's Development” (Chinese language)

Released by Liao Qun, Chief Economist of RDCY, Chief Expert of GGRC

15:05-16:30  Speeches and Discussion

Speakers (in no particular order) :

- Ou Xiaoli, Former Director of the Department of Social Development, National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC)

- Adrian Năstase, Former Prime Minister of Romania

- Li Xiangyang, Dean of National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

- Vijay Prashad, Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Non-resident Senior Fellow of RDCY

- Li Dingxin, Researcher of China Center for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS), International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC)

- John Ross, Former Director of Economic and Business Policy of London, Senior Fellow of RDCY

- Liang Haoguang, Executive Director and Researcher, the China Center for Modernization Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Director of Beijing Key Laboratory of Data Analysis and Decision Support for the Belt and Road Initiative